MyTravel Help

The Travel Midwest web site is designed with features that allow the user to customize the information provided to match
his or her interests. You can customize the set of locations which are displayed initially on the traffic reports on this
site using the MyTravel feature. This feature requires that JavaScript and cookies are available
and enabled on your browser.

When you click on the MyTravel item in the menu bar, the "My Travel Preferences" page is displayed, which is shown below.
You can use this page to set your default locations for the traffic reports on the Travel Midwest site.

The main sections and features of this page are:

Instructions - describes how to use this page

Available Locations List - A list of all locations which are available to be selected as defaults. These include major
roads in the region and category level entries such as "Illinois", "Illinois Arterials", and "Entire Region".
Selecting a state displays all roads in the state, selecting state arterials displays all arterials in the state, and selecting
"Entire Region" displays all roads in the Travel Midwest site coverage area.

List Controls - These arrows are used to move items from the Available Locations list to the Default Locations list,
or remove them from the Default Locations list. See below for details.

Default Locations - This area displays a list of all the locations you have selected as your default locations.

The items appearing in the Default Locations list (section 4 above) will be used when you view a report to automatically
select the roads which will be displayed. On each report page you also can choose to view information on other locations which
are not in your defaults list. The defaults list is only used when you initially bring up a report. Choosing another location
on the reports page does not change your selected defaults.

It is not necessary to select default locations to use the Travel Midwest site. If your default locations list is empty
when you view reports, no locations will be shown initially and you will need to select the locations you want to view at that time.
The default locations capability is intended as a convenience for you.

Now we describe how to use the controls to select your default locations. In the figure below, three locations are selected in
the Available Locations list (1) by clicking on them. To select multiple roads, hold down the CTRL key while clicking. You can
use the scrollbar to scroll the list, but be careful not to click within the list area itself while scrolling, which would change
your selections. Once you have selected the set of roads you want to add to the defaults, click on the right arrow (2) to move
them to the Default Locations list (3). The browser will refresh the page, adding the items you selected in the Available Locations
list to the Default Locations list and clearing the Available Locations list.

The figure below illustrates how to remove locations from your Default Locations list. To do so, select them from
the list (1), and then click on the left arrow (2). The browser will refresh the Default Locations list without the selected
items (1).

If you want to clear the Default Location list completely, click on the double left arrows icon. The browser will refresh
with the default locations area empty. You can then use the steps above to add roads into your default locations.

Once the Default Locations list contains the locations you prefer, you can view other pages on this site or leave the site
entirely. The defaults you have selected are automatically saved in a cookie when you use the arrow buttons. When
you view the reports pages during this visit or subsequent visits to the site, your defaults will be in effect.